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Senate Health Committee-Passed Legislation to Spur Treatments and Cures for Zika Heads to President’s Desk

Apr 12, 2016 at 05:16 pm by Staff

On April 12, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) made the following statement as Senate health committee-passed legislation to spur treatments and cures for the Zika virus head.... Read More
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Tennessee Treasury Observes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 10-16

Apr 11, 2016 at 08:57 am by Staff

During National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, observed April 10-16, State Treasurer David H. Lillard, Jr. wants to remind the public of a fund designed to help innocent victims.... Read More
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Leadership Health Care Completes Annual Delegation to D.C.

Apr 10, 2016 at 03:40 pm by Staff

In the midst of a contentious presidential primary season, a delegation of more than 100 Nashville emerging healthcare leaders visited our nation’s capital to get an inside lo.... Read More
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Nashville Medical News: 11th Annual Women to Watch

Apr 10, 2016 at 02:39 pm by Staff

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:30am - 9:00am Cost: $45 per ticket; Table of 10, $400Join Nashville Medical News for the 2016 Women to Watch Breakfast and celebrate ten women wh.... Read More
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Three Questions for Benson Sloan

Apr 10, 2016 at 02:20 pm by Staff

Benson Sloan, board chairman for Leadership Health Care and director of Corporate Development for MEDHOST, shared his thoughts on the 2016 LHC Delegation to D.C., answering th.... Read More
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Residency to Retirement: A Physician’s Guide to Financial Health

Apr 10, 2016 at 02:09 pm by Staff

Pro athletes aside, some of the biggest paychecks in America belong to physicians. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, primary care physicians earn approximately $240,0.... Read More
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Innovation in Orthopaedics

Apr 10, 2016 at 01:42 pm by Staff

For some physicians, the path to medicine is disjointed. That wasn’t the case for Saint Thomas orthopaedist William Kurtz, MD.At 16, the young Texan was invited to work alongs.... Read More
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Fifty Years of Addressing Addiction

Apr 08, 2016 at 03:51 pm by Staff

A little more than five decades ago, Nashville businessman Robert Crichton, Sr. brought up the idea of starting a nonprofit alcoholism treatment center in Nashville to his fri.... Read More
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Neighborhood Health Receives Substance Abuse Services Grant

Apr 08, 2016 at 03:35 pm by Staff

The Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded grant funding totaling $881,931 to three Tennessee health clinics. In Middle Tennessee, Neighborhood Health’s gran.... Read More
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Prescription for Disaster?

Apr 08, 2016 at 12:18 pm by Staff

It’s a fine line to walk … managing patients’ physical pain without exposing them to the pain of addiction. Making the balancing act even more difficult is the inability to te.... Read More